Regular local school district · Porter County
Valparaiso Community Schools, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
Valparaiso Community Schools runs 11 public schools with 6,325 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Indiana figure of 15.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 6,325
- Teachers (FTE)
- 396
- Students per teacher
- 16.0
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3801 N Campbell St, Valparaiso, IN 46385
- Phone
- (219)531-3000
- County
- Porter County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1811970
- State district ID
- IN-6560
- Total staff (FTE)
- 807
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 633 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.0
Indiana15.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (6,231), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $85.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.5 million
- State revenue
- $43.8 million
- Local revenue
- $38.4 million
- Total spending
- $78.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,620
- Salaries
- $33.3 million42.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $158.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.1%
- State: 51.1%
- Local: 44.8%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,620
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in Valparaiso Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 823 | 14.7 |
| Central Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 131 | 14.6 |
| Cooks Corners Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 487 | 19.5 |
| Flint Lake Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 476 | 14.0 |
| Heavilin Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 479 | 16.0 |
| Memorial Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 434 | 18.9 |
| Northview Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 276 | 13.8 |
| Parkview Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 213 | 14.2 |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 285 | 15.8 |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 632 | 12.2 |
| Valparaiso High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,089 | 18.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Porter County
- Portage Township Schools 6,519 students
- Duneland School Corporation 5,732 students
- East Porter County School Corp 2,275 students
- Porter Township School Corp 1,509 students
- Union Township School Corp 1,386 students
- MSD Boone Township School District 996 students
- Discovery Charter School 536 students
- Neighbors' New Vistas High School 139 students
- Porter County Education Services 0 students
More in Indiana
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.